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The transactions may be public, but your identity can be masked if done properly.
If you want to mask your identity wouldn't you be better off buying Visa gift cards with cash at a major store and then using them to purchase services online?
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The transactions may be public, but your identity can be masked if done properly.
Pretty sure, it leaves a trail.
Bitcoin is not anonymous.
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If you want to mask your identity wouldn't you be better off buying Visa gift cards with cash at a major store and then using them to purchase services online?
Even better to have someone else buy the gift cards and then hand them off to you in a dark alley. Bonus points if you're both wearing trench coats and fedoras.
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Even better to have someone else buy the gift cards and then hand them off to you in a dark alley. Bonus points if you're both wearing trench coats and fedoras.
"We'll give you 20 bucks if you tell us who you bought these for"
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The transactions may be public, but your identity can be masked if done properly.
Pretty sure, it leaves a trail.
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If you want to mask your identity wouldn't you be better off buying Visa gift cards with cash at a major store and then using them to purchase services online?
Stores have cameras and Visa cards have unique numbers. Not too hard to put the two together. Bitcoin let's you transact without having to interact in physical space to acquire or spend them.
Bitcoin is not anonymous.
We need to move beyond the obsession with anonymity and refocus the goal as being privacy. Then, recognize that privacy has several levels. That way, the expectation is more clear.
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Stores have cameras and Visa cards have unique numbers. Not too hard to put the two together. Bitcoin let's you transact without having to interact in physical space to acquire or spend them.
And just how are you going to do a dollar bitcoin exchange without revealing any information about your identity?